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Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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The Secret to Raising Smart Kids writes "A new study by Dafna Lemish from the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University h read more »
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids writes "A new study by Dafna Lemish from the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University h read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Lest there be anyone left who believes the RIAA's propaganda that its litigation campaign is intended read more »
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Lest there be anyone left who believes the RIAA's propaganda that its litigation campaign is intended read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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An anonymous reader writes "As the battle rages over a Canadian DMCA, Microsoft Canada has published an op-ed in a political newsp read more »
An anonymous reader writes "As the battle rages over a Canadian DMCA, Microsoft Canada has published an op-ed in a political newsp read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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The two companies announced today that NVIDIA will acquire PhysX maker AGEIA; terms were not disclosed. The Daily Tech is one of t read more »
The two companies announced today that NVIDIA will acquire PhysX maker AGEIA; terms were not disclosed. The Daily Tech is one of t read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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Tech.Luver sends in word of Yahoo's decision to exit the subscription music business. Yahoo's current subscribers — the comp read more »
Tech.Luver sends in word of Yahoo's decision to exit the subscription music business. Yahoo's current subscribers — the comp read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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Misanthrope writes to tell us that Swiss scientists are claiming that with proper treatment HIV patients can be made non-infectiou read more »
Misanthrope writes to tell us that Swiss scientists are claiming that with proper treatment HIV patients can be made non-infectiou read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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The Association for Computing Machinery has announced the 2008 Turing Award Winners. Edmund M. Clarke, Allen Emerson, and Joseph S read more »
The Association for Computing Machinery has announced the 2008 Turing Award Winners. Edmund M. Clarke, Allen Emerson, and Joseph S read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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Reverend Ninja writes "According to the Windows Vista team blog, Windows Vista SP1 has been released to manufacturing. It appears read more »
Reverend Ninja writes "According to the Windows Vista team blog, Windows Vista SP1 has been released to manufacturing. It appears read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Search Engines
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Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web. read more »
Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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jadavis writes "The release of the long-awaited PostgreSQL version 8.3 has been announced. The new feature list includes HOT, whic read more »
jadavis writes "The release of the long-awaited PostgreSQL version 8.3 has been announced. The new feature list includes HOT, whic read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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It's a big year for tabletop gamers. In just a few months the first books for the Fourth Edition of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) read more »
It's a big year for tabletop gamers. In just a few months the first books for the Fourth Edition of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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jammag writes "If the marriage of Microsoft and Yahoo were to be consummated, GNU/Linux would be hindered, argues Roy Schestowitz. read more »
jammag writes "If the marriage of Microsoft and Yahoo were to be consummated, GNU/Linux would be hindered, argues Roy Schestowitz. read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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Jonathan Wise writes to share with us an interesting bit of prose describing life as a software engineer. "I am, in the States, kn read more »
Jonathan Wise writes to share with us an interesting bit of prose describing life as a software engineer. "I am, in the States, kn read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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Intel has announced a new technique that allows them to effectively double the storage capacity of a single phase-change memory ce read more »
Intel has announced a new technique that allows them to effectively double the storage capacity of a single phase-change memory ce read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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Jamie found a story about a next gen input device that is functionally similiar to the Wii, but instead of using IR, it gets all l read more »
Jamie found a story about a next gen input device that is functionally similiar to the Wii, but instead of using IR, it gets all l read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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Pirate writes "A Danish court ruled in favor of the IFPI, and ordered the Danish ISP Tele2 to block all access to the popular BitT read more »
Pirate writes "A Danish court ruled in favor of the IFPI, and ordered the Danish ISP Tele2 to block all access to the popular BitT read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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NewsCloud writes "Microsoft makes products in Washington but records software sales to PC makers and high-volume customers through read more »
NewsCloud writes "Microsoft makes products in Washington but records software sales to PC makers and high-volume customers through read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates read more »
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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A few days ago we posted a story for you to discuss the best presidential candidates for Super Tuesday, but I figured it would be read more »
A few days ago we posted a story for you to discuss the best presidential candidates for Super Tuesday, but I figured it would be read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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This story is to discuss the remaining democratic candidates for president. Please keep discussions limited to talk about Hillary read more »
This story is to discuss the remaining democratic candidates for president. Please keep discussions limited to talk about Hillary read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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Open Standard Lover writes "XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) has been getting a lot of attention during the last read more »
Open Standard Lover writes "XMPP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) has been getting a lot of attention during the last read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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watzinaneihm writes "In a blog post Google has called Yahoo/Microsoft merger bad for the future of the internet. It is worried abo read more »
watzinaneihm writes "In a blog post Google has called Yahoo/Microsoft merger bad for the future of the internet. It is worried abo read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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An anonymous reader writes "A New York Times article spells out what most of us probably already knew: real innovation takes lots read more »
An anonymous reader writes "A New York Times article spells out what most of us probably already knew: real innovation takes lots read more »
Date : 2008 02 04 Technology
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Roland Piquepaille writes "Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a computer algorithm based on a mathematical model of the social i read more »
Roland Piquepaille writes "Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a computer algorithm based on a mathematical model of the social i read more »